As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

Almost civil-war-like conditions and months of public protests led ... has not been contesting the parliamentary election for ...

Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People's ...

Nine months ago, Azad said goodbye to his family and travelled 8,000 miles across the globe, where he swapped America’s rural ...

Prices went up during a post-pandemic recovery ... In Sri Lanka, Ginsburg and Huq pointed out, democracy was imperiled by the ...

have accused the PLOTE of collaborating with the military during the war. * In fact, Siddarthan, a son of ex-Jaffna district ...

Sri Lanka’s September polls could prove to be a ‘game changer’ for its relations with its two most powerful neighbours, analysts say.

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...